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Being a working mother of one, who also has to travel for work internationally at times, I find it to sometimes be a little challenging, but I am determined to make the most of them.

I am to be ‘reel’ about it and truly honest, I do find it all very exciting. Yes, I love my baby, and yes it’s always hard to leave home without her or my husband…but my god is it good when you get inside the black cab or uber taking me to the airport, stepping into the business class lounge and enjoying a little pampering that I don’t normally get to enjoy at home due to the usual reasons any parent has…

Not to mention the undisturbed nights, scrumptious food, and all the events that come with working away in an exotic destination. Whilst the time away is always full on because at the end of the day it is work, and meetings with clients take place, important discussions and events are the norm…but as soon as all of that is done, that’s when the bliss of the trip sets in.

Sitting in a 4 star hotel and enjoying a wonderful meal, with work colleagues or even alone at times, followed by a delicious glass of wine before boarding a comfy flight back…I wouldn’t say that business trips are anything to feel guilty about.

The main reason they are taken is for work – which is always a great example of a good work ethic, which any child should be lucky to have in a parent (regardless if it’s the mom or the dad). The second reason they are so great, is because as a parent you get to disconnect – and re-connect with your own self. Your own identity – that you have worked so hard to create before having a baby – still exists and is flying high, making you feel that much more accomplished, knowing that when you return home there is a little human waiting for you….

So yes, in a nutshell – all you working/jetsetting parents, leave the guild trip at home on your next business trip, and embrace the opportunity that’s been bestowed upon you! Not many people have this luxury, and if you do you should feel damn proud and happy about it! I know I will.

Before I gave birth I kept telling off my mother and my mother in law for buying my soon to be baby girl, pink baby clothes (I wanted desperately to keep my baby in gender neutral colours and I was crossed they were not respecting my decision).

I even set this as a rule for my baby shower ….’no pink’ I said.

But then a few months later, I had a baby, and just like everything else my whole world changed…with that also some of my opinions!

Now I am fine with whatever colour for two reasons:

1) as long as the clothes are clean and ready to wear I no longer have time to fuss over the colour!

2)because at the end of the day pink is just a colour – like blue, or yellow or green! It’s not the clothes that need to change – it’s people’s perception of what we – as a society – assume this represents!

So because I will teach my daughter that no matter what colour she wears – from black to pink to green to whatever – it is just a simple colour – that does not define her character, sexuality or behaviour.